Improvement in apparatus for the manufacture of confectionery



I w. P. GOWARD. APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF UONFEGTIONERY. No.111,638.'

Patented Feb. 7, 1871,

are sum WILLIAM F. GGWARD, OF BOSTON, MASSAOHU$ETTS Letters Patent No. 111,638, dated February 7, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CONFECTIONERY.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all to whom these presents shall come;

Be it known that I, \VlLLIAbt 1*. G OWARD, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have made an invention of an improved D'e'vice' used for Manufacturing Confection and do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, due reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view, and I Figure 2 a vcrticaland longitudinal section'of a device empodying my improvements;

Figure 3 being a perspective view of the board or plate carrying thepins for removing the confection, as hereinafter stated.

On the 4th day of 'r'lanuary, 1570, Letters Patent of the United States No. 98,615 were issued to \Vilham 0. Murdock and Edgar K. Haynes for apparatus for making confection, such invention consisting of a fiat tablet provided with a series of circular wells or molds, into which the sugar confection was placcd'to impart the proper shape to each object of a flat plate or boardi'urnished with a series of pins or wires in numbers or disposition equal or about so to that of the molds, and which are inserted in the confection poured into the latter, in order that this confection, when cool, shall adhere to the pins and be drawn with them from outthe molds; and lastly, of a thin plate or false bottom, so called, preferably of tin, punctured with holes, and passed over the pins previous to their insertioninto the confection, the purpose of this plate being to the more readily and expeditiously strip the drops or other articles of confection from otf the pins than could be done by removing each individually by hand, as was the practice previous to the introduction of this patented device, the false bottom, which might be of metal or of paper, or of both combined, also serving'to hold the confection in some cases while cooling.

\Vhile the above-mentioned patented device was a great improvement over anything that has preceded it,

' 'tious-manner, the stripping of the confection from off the pins; and to this end I abandon the use of the false bottom, and in place thereof employ one or more flat thin metallic fingers applied to a suitable frame, and so arranged as to be instantly passed between the pins and below'the confection, a lowering of the tablet containing such confection havingthe effect of stripping it from off the plus.

The drawing accompanying this specification represents at A an upright frame or bench composed of two long sides, aa, and cross-bars or standards I) 6, uniting them in a substantial manner.

c c, 850., representa series of flat plates secured to the upper side of the frame A, and spanning'th'e incl'osure intervening between its sides, these plates being substantially of equal size and shape, and arranged at regular ii'itervals in parallelism to each other, and atright angles to the longest plane of the frame A, the

ends of these plates or fingers upon one side of such frame overhanging the side to, as represented, and being by preferment reduced to-a thin and somewhat rounded edge.

The board or plate upon. which the pins before mentioned are mounted is shown at (l, and the pins thereof at e e, &c., the rows of pins transversely of the board being equal or about so in number to that of the fingers c c, and, like thcnndisposed at regular intervals asunder.

A plate or board containing upon the points of each. pina confection-drop is presented to the bench A, and the fingers c c inserted between the transverse rows of pins and belowthe confection, adheringthereto, when by quickly lowering the plate the drops are stripped therefrom and precipitated into a receptacle placed to receive theinj Removed in thismanner the drops or other articles .of confection are precipitated proiniscuously into the receptacle, but under some circumstances it is desirable and even necessaryto deposit them upon a sheet of paper to cool and harden, and in order that I may be enabled to deposit them in this way very expeditiously,I provide a quantity of strips or sheets of paper of a width about equal to that of the plate I), and

place one of them at a time fiatwise upon the upper surface of the grid formed by the fingers or plates 0' c, the ends of the paper strip being securely held-down to the grid by means of turn-buttons or cams ffapplied one to each end of the frame A, and pivoted between the sides thereof in such manner that when their longest radius is turned toward the paper the latter shall. be clamped firmly between the button and the outside finger.

Having thus secured the paper to the grid, 1 next invert the plate or board it and deposit it upon each grid, driving the pins through the sheet of paper; then releasing the buttons f and reversing the position of the board, the paper will be found adhering to it This release of the button cream is effected by two studs, a to, applied to each end of the board, as

shown in fi 2 of the drawing, which abuts against and depresses such button, the normal purpose of these studs being to serve as stops organgestodetermine the depth to which the pins shall extend into the confection. In order that these pins shall enter the paper in the proper position transversely thereof, l erect upon the frame, or of one side wall of the same, two posts or guides, 1), against which the end of the plate or board is pressed while. lowerin driving the pin through the paper.

' One advantage of my present improvements is seen in the ease and celerity with which I afiix the paper sheet to the plate, as herein explained, as the act of applying this paper to the metal false bottom by manual dexterity simply, as heretofore practiced, was a labor of time and ditticulty, and uncertainty as to its results. v

After the confection-drops have been stuck upon the pins, the board (Z is taken to the range of fingers c 6, 8m, which are inserted below the paper, and the board lowered, as hereinbefore stated, thus removing the sheet of paper with the confection-drops deposited upon it in regular order.

Under the old system of removing the drops by manual manipulation, in using the foraminous metal plate or false bottom below the paper, the pins 0 c, (to, frequently became more or less bent out of their regular order, and it is a matter of time and vexation to adapt the false bottom to them, as each pin must be inserted in its proper hole.

g it and Claims.

1. In combination withthe plate d and its pins 0 e, or the mechanical equivalents of such parts, one or more flat plates or fingers so disposed with respect. to the pins as to be readily inserted between them and below the confection adhering to them, for purposes hereinbefore set forth.

described, and the turn-buttons or .eams f]; or their equivalents, in manner and operating as explained.

3. In combination, the board or plate (Z with its pins 0 c, &c., the fingers c c, 850., properly mounted, and the bnttonsffior their equivalents, for purposes hereinbefore stated.

WILLIAM F. GOWARD.

Witnesses:

EDWARD GRIFFITH, FRED. CURTIS.

2. In combination, one or more fingers, arranged as V 

